On 4 January 2013, the Decision No. 01/12 dated 1 January 2013 ratifying the Executive Regulations on the Activity of Contractors of Sea Goods Transport (the Shipping Regulations) was published in the Saudi official gazette, Umm Al-Qura. The update explores these shipping regulations and its impact on Marine Insurance policy wording.

In this issue of the Africa Investor Briefing we focus onWest Africa, a region developing an increasingly diversified economy and moving away from dependency on oil and gas reserves. We profile the growing insurance opportunities available inWest Africaand report on other issues which Clyde & Co have observed and advised upon in the region over the last twelve months.